Is Mitt running for president again?

Chris Christie is not having a good week:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/n...bills.html?partner=socialflow&smid=tw-nytimes

 

What did you think of that piece?

I imagine it will be seen as a hatchet job on the right, but it's tough to deny that he has a taste for the finer things.

You can tell the Times is proud of the "squeeze all the juice from the orange" quote.

 

It's a hit piece, but he deserves it.

As long as they take a similar look at others, I have no problem with it.

Yesterday's Washington Post story on Rand Paul was also interesting:

How Rand Paul tried to lead an eye doctors’ rebellion - The Washington Post

Sort of a hit piece, but if you already liked him, you probably like him more after reading it.

 

I didn't see the Paul story as a hit piece. It sounds like they're describing something that he tried to do, that wasn't successful. I can't imagine it changes anyone's opinion of him.

The Christie stuff is deserved. I liked the guy a lot a few years ago. I kind of roll my eyes at the bridge stuff, but he's pretty clearly taking advantage of the perks that are available to him as part of being a governor.

I would like to know how many others have similar things to answer for, I'm guessing most have something, but maybe not at the level he does.

 

It's from the Times. No reason to believe anything in it.

 

Short of some gigantic revelation, and in this day and age, I'm not sure what would even qualify anymore, no story on a candidate is going to move the dial at all.

It's too early, and the number of people who care is miniscule.

 

But the way certain people act, every revelation is supposed to move the dial. And if it doesn't, it's the liberal media's fault.

 

Almost nothing will move the dial until they're all in Iowa preparing for the caucus.

 

Walker is getting crushed back home -- his budget proposal to dramatically cut funding for the UW system, and his alteration of the "Wisconsin Idea" that has governed that system for a century, has caused an uproar even from his own side of the aisle.

He said the edits to the university's mission statement were a "drafting error." Mmmmm hmmmmm. Couple this with the no-degree thing and it paints a picture of a guy who cares very very little about education.

Despite deliberate actions, Scott Walker calls change to university mission a "drafting error" | PolitiFact Wisconsin

Really not someone who needs to be on the national stage.

 

Walker isn't a serious candidate. Martha Raddatz chewed him up and spit him out on Sunday when he appeared on This Week, exposing him as a foreign policy lightweight.

Scott Walker Presidential Bid Self-Destructs On ABC's 'This Week' - Forbes

 

A Candidate With Appeal to Both Suburban and Countryside Republicans? | RealClearPolitics

The notion that a candidacy "self-destructs" at this stage of the game is nothing but hyperbole.

I'm not saying the story by the conservative pundit above is accurate either, but while one person looks at Walker and thinks he's self-destructing, there's someone else who thinks he's doing quite well.

That's Walker. He's as polarizing a candidate as there is out there. But, he obviously has his share of supporters. That doesn't mean he's the favorite. Bush is the favorite, but I think Walker is going to be in the mix, at least for a little while.

 

Walker also leading in New Hampshire.

RealClearPolitics - Election 2016 - New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary